Bakery items were especially good. We feasted in Christchurch City, Franz Josef, and this is the bakery in Arrowtown. A great place for a muffin.

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  Breakfast was especially enjoyable. I really loved the baked tomatoes. There was always plenty of meat too. At our farmstay we even had venison for breakfast. This is leftovers at the Bed & Breakfast in Clyde, "Olivers", a truly classic and unique place. Don't miss it. My friends the Jim and Ann stayed here too!

We especially enjoyed the beers and wines of New Zealand. Some of us even collected a bar mat or two with our favorite beer logo. These are the beer prices at the Beaumont. This town was really isolated. The bar/hotel/poolroom (with Jukebox) could sleep about a dozen. One of the signs in the lounge was supporting a beard growing contest, reminded me of an old lumberjack town. Tex our host worked in the Forestry Department.

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 The tour directors, Tim, Jan and Sue took turns rotating assignments. They shopped together ahead of time and each had a turn making the salads and other parts of our luncheon feasts on the road. Note the mussels and fresh salmon. We really enjoyed these lunches. I am ashamed I do not have a photo for Toby of watermelon. It was fresh everyday!

New Zealanders have a desert called Pavlova. It is a meringue. Every night this was one of the many choices for desert, and each was a bit different. Usually fruit was available to spread on the top, often whipped cream, and sometimes ice cream. Our host farm family converted a recipe from the metric system for us. Click on the Pavlova for the recipe. Enjoy! -

I am not sure if this is true for New Zealand, or if our tour guides had sweet teeth. But Cadbury is big in New Zealand, so we had a different candy bar everyday. ALSO--- the big thing in New Zealand is Hokey Pokey. Hokey Pokey Ice Cream (toffee bits) and Hokey Pokey cookies, which you can see here. Very special, and perhaps the Kiwi call them biscuits. The grocery store in Dunedin had a huge biscuit department. Also Hokey Pokey has nothing to do with that funny dance. At least that is what Jan told us.

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  This is the grocery store and post office in Tarras. Many of the foods we find in our grocery stores especially those with low-cal or low fat are simply not available. Items we take for granted like low fat milk were almost a delicacy and only available about 50% of the time with our meals. New Zealand would be a difficult place for a vegetarian, but not impossible. For those not using dairy products it would be almost impossible, you would need to bring your own food. This is where Lee Davis does ALL her shopping, if I heard her correctly the post office when they deliver mail would deliver her groceries too. She lives 10 miles away - how neat!